MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team picked up a 6-1 decision over Nicholls State Tuesday evening at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. USA won the doubles point against the Colonels behind wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions and then picked up five of the six singles matches versus Nicholls State to end the day. 

SOUTH ALABAMA 6, NICHOLLS STATE 1
Date: 2/9
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: USA (1-2), NSU (0-1)

DOUBLES
1. Sébastien Collard / Leon Pet'ko (USA) def. Ricardo Machado / Omar Morsy (NSU) 6-1
2. Surendra P. Salekar / Pavle Drobnjakovic (NSU) def. Jordan Coutinho / Philip Bosman (USA) 6-4
3. Loïc Cloes / Ezra Blissard (USA) def. Antonio Sasso / Pravin P. / Bagade (NSU) 6-2
Order of Finish: (1, 3, 2)

SINGLES
1. Evrard (USA) def. Salekar (NSU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Cloes (USA) def. Machado (NSU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Collard (USA) def. Drobnjakovic (NSU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Pet'ko (USA) def. Morsy (NSU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Coutinho (USA) def. Sasso (NSU) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6) 
6. A. Martin-Thiriat (NSU) def. Bosman (USA) 7-5 (8-6), 6-4
Order of Finish: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

NOTES
- Evrard, Cloes, Collard and Pet'ko earned singles victories against Nicholls State, with each match coming in two sets.
- Cloes recorded the 86th singles victory of his career, while Evrard earned his 11th singles win of the season.
- The Jaguars won their first home match of the season, improving to a 1-2 overall record, while the Colonels fell 0-1.
- The Jaguars extended their win streak to 10 matches in the all-time series against NSU.

UP NEXT
- South Alabama will travel to Starkville, Miss. on Feb. 13 at 1 p.m. to take on Mississippi State at the Sawyer Tennis Courts.

THEY SAID IT 
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On today's performance: "Our goal was to play this match how we want to play against Mississippi State, so we tweaked the doubles a little bit and tried different pairs today. The team responded well, and the chemistry was there, so the competition was good. I was happy with doubles, and the energy was great. Our second goal was to maintain that energy to the end of the match. Even though we dropped the last match in singles, Phil [Bosman] still had his team behind him. He was focused, loud and competitive, and that's what we want to see. Overall, I am happy that we bounced back today, and we're back on the right track."

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